Friday, March 31, 2017

(US) When she isn't singing songs, US pop star Alicia Keys is a philanthropist and human rights activist. On
the day after Donald Trump's 2017 inauguration, Keys protested during the
Women's March on Washington. She was one of the key speakers, and she spoke to
the crowd and said:

"We will not allow our bodies to be owned and controlled by
men in government - or men anywhere, for that matter, we want the best for all
Americans. No hate, no bigotry, no Muslim registry. We value education, health
care, equality."

In line with that woman’s equality angle she tweeted this
now deleted tweet the other day.

One Islamic Woman wasn't happy with and replied back with a number of tweets which saw the above tweet deleted.

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@aliciakeys@DiaryOf_Thought If you lived in a niqab-wearing society, and showed that leg, you'd be severly beaten. Signed, a Muslim woman.

Myself as an Apostate from Islam simply cannot understand how so many do-gooders subscribe to this notion that 'Islam' is a peaceful religion and affords equality to women. It doesn't and if anybody wants to prove me wrong, please point me in the direction of any Islamic country in the world which does.

(ISW) The Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) slowed its offensive in
central Mosul on March 26 out of concern for the estimated 400,000 civilians
remaining in the Old City. ISF continues operations in the outer neighbourhoods,
but has largely paused the offensive into the Old City. Local sources claimed
that a Coalition airstrike on March 17 killed as many as 200 civilians in the
adjacent New Mosul neighbourhood. The Coalition confirmed that it conducted a
strike in the area on March 17, however the strike may have set off ISIS VBIEDs
or rigged houses near the strike, which caused the bulk of casualties. U.S. officials
insisted that the Trump Administration has not loosened the rules of engagement
for airstrikes. The Obama Administration in December 2016 had allowed Coalition
advisors on the ground to directly call in airstrikes in order to improve
precision. International human rights groups have criticized the Coalition for
not making sufficient effort to prevent civilian casualties, however. A UN
official stated that at least 307 civilians have died in western Mosul so far,
the majority in the March 17 airstrike. ISIS is deliberately complicating the
Coalition’s ability to conduct airstrikes by using the civilian population as
human shields.

ISF is opening a second front to isolate the Old City,
rather than working through it, in order to maintain pressure on ISIS and avoid
civilian casualties. Units are advancing along the Old City’s western edge
towards the Great Mosque, which they will likely seek to retake before turning
inward. The ISF could also increase pressure on ISIS by positioning the 9th IA
Division, which completed the recapture of Badush Sub-District on March 26, to
breach Mosul from the northwest.

U.S. officials announced on March 27th the deployment of 240
additional troops from the U.S. Army’s 82nd Airborne Division, likely in order
to accelerate the defeat of ISIS in Mosul. The troops are most likely already in
place. This deployment is not a response to the March 17 airstrike, as the
force is tasked with force protection and IED clearance, but it could still
further enable airstrike precision. Iraqi political backlash against the March
17 airstrike could slow or constrain Coalition efforts, however. Sunni
political leader Osama al-Nujaifi called for an “immediate end” to airstrikes
in Mosul on March 24. A reduction in Coalition airpower in Mosul would increase
the risk to ISF and U.S. forces by making them more vulnerable to ISIS tactics
such as SVBIEDs.

Meanwhile, Iranian proxies in the Ministry of Interior and
the Badr Organization have increased Iran’s influence in the Mosul operation.

The ISF’s official media outlet listed the 2nd Badr
Brigade’s operations together with the 9th IA Division northeast of Mosul city
on March 22, suggesting a growing interoperability between the Popular
Mobilization and the Iraqi Army. Coalition advisors are currently supporting
the 9th IA Division. The Popular Mobilization entered Mosul’s city limits as
part of a humanitarian campaign which it launched on March 14. Aid convoys
entered recaptured western neighbourhoods soon after, bearing the flags of the
Badr Organization and Liwa Ali al-Akbar, a Hawza affiliated militia.
Unidentified armed forces, likely Badr, accompanied the convoys.

The Ministry of Interior, an Iranian client, appointed Abu
Dargham al-Maturi as commander of the 6th Federal Police Division, a new unit
that made its operational debut at the start of the western Mosul operation on
February 19. Abu Dargham is also the commander of a Badr Organization’s brigade
and has used his dual role to permit entry to proxy militias into off-limit
operations. His appointment to the division underscores the risk of further
Iranian infiltration into the ISF and inside Mosul.

The Badr Organization will continue to expand Iranian
influence in Mosul after its recapture. It is already working to establish a
political presence in northern Iraq. It may also try to co-opt local tribal
militias, currently acting as hold forces, as it did in Salah al-Din by
financially supporting a tribal militia as part of the Popular Mobilization in
early 2016. The Badr-controlled Ministry of Interior will likewise ensure that
the Mosul Police Chief remains friendly to the central government and amenable
to Iranian interests. The U.S. must ensure that the post-ISIS holding force in
Mosul City is both controlled by the Iraqi government and responsive to its
authority. The U.S. must contain and reduce Iran’s influence in Mosul. The Badr
Organization’s direct presence in Mosul city and its environs places American
service members at risk. Its continued presence in Mosul could also could drive
sectarian tensions that ISIS or other insurgent groups could use to recruit,
undermining the success of anti-ISIS operations.

(Parachinar) A car bomb was detonated at the woman’s entrance to a Shia mosque in Pakistan's north-western city of Parachinar this morning at around 1030 local time as people started congregating to attend Friday prayers

The resulting blast killed at least 25 people and injured another 80 . The

Pakistani Taliban (TTP) have admitted they were behind the blast, adding
its goal was "to avenge the killing of our associates". The group's
spokesman said it wanted to "teach a lesson to Shiites for their support
for Bashar al-Assad," referring to the Syrian president. The spokesman warned that his Sunni Muslim group will
continue attacking Shia Muslims if they back President Assad,

The blast comes 2 months after another attack on the town
which claimed 20 lives, resulting in many people asking how could a car bomb bypass the extra security in place in a predominately Shia town on the Afghan/Pak border?

(Sylhet) On Friday
last Bangladesh, police surrounded a Neo JMB” hideout, (Neo JMB is an offshoot of the banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB)) in the city of Sylhet ,
as it was situated in the middle of a very built up area, time was taken to move the locals from the area before they made their move.

On Friday evening they evacuated
70 people from an adjacent building and then on Saturday morning they evacuated
a further 78 people. Then when they were sure the area was clear they made
their move at around 14.15 local time. Unfortunately for the Police, the terrorists
had planned for this day and started firing at the police and setting off explosive devices planted
around the area ,resulting in 7 deaths and 40 people injured.

Realizing that
these religious bigots weren't going to come quietly, the army decided to fight fire with fire and used a rocket launcher , explosives in which to neutralise the 4 holed up terrorists which included 'Musa' the head of Neo JMB who took control of the terrorist group after the police took out the hierarchy of the group after last Julys attack on Gulshan's Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka's diplomatic area killed 23 people,

(Moulvibazar) Subsequent investigations on the flat pointed the police in
the direction of a couple of buildings in the nearby town of Moulvibazar ,

This
time the police were taking no chances and surrounded the area after first checking for explosive
devices .

When the terrorists realised, that they would be unable to lure
anybody into any waiting traps and that they were hemmed in, they decided to blow themselves up after a siege
lasting 36 hours. Police are unable to ascertain
exactly how many terrorists killed themselves, but the body parts of around 8
people have been found.

Thursday, March 30, 2017

(Gaza City) The nice fellows of Hamas were entertained the otherday by
lots of young men who had just passed out from been trained to intimidate, oppress and murder as many
innocent people as possible. Ladies and gentlemen I give you Hamas’s Internal Security Force. Set up to hunt down so called potentially serious offenders:
You know those who stand accused of collaboration with Israel or the Ramallah-based
Palestinian Authority as well as the extremist factions who dare to defy Hamas.
Something like the Nazis ‘SS’ and just like the SS they wear black.

(Venice) Police in Venice have swooped on a Kosovan terrorist
cell comprising of 3 men and a woman. Italian authorities have had phone taps on the cell for months which revealed them celebrating last week’s terrorist attack
in London, when one of the religious bigots was heard proposing they bomb the famous Rialto bridge they moved.

You'll go straight to paradise because of all the infidels
in Venice. Put a bomb on the Rialto."

Venice prosecutor Adelchi d'Ippolito said a search of a Venice apartment showed the suspects were getting in physical shape and watching videos of Islamic extremists on how to carry out knife attacks.
The police decided that they couldn't take any chances so they carried out twelve raids: 10 in Venice's historic centre, one in nearby Mestre and one in Treviso to the north. early on Thursday morning.

(Aden) I mentioned the other day how the Yemeni Houthi rebels have started importing suicide drones from Iran in which to try and knock out the radar systems used by Saudi patriot missile system in which allow them to hit any Saudi city with a ballistic missile . Well last night (Tue 28 Mar) the Houthi tried a new tactic in launching 4 Ballistic missiles in the direction of the Saudi cities of Abha and Khamis Mushayt in an attempt to swamp the missile defence system.

Unfortunately for the rebels, the patriot missile system is more than up to the task and took them all out. (Mind you they did launch 6 missile interceptors at the incoming Ballistic missiles)

Wednesday, March 29, 2017

(BAGHDAD) A suicide bomber driving a truck filled with explosives attacked a police checkpoint in southern Baghdad on Wednesday night, killing at least 15 people and wounding 45 others, Iraqi officials said. Three police officers were among the dead and several were wounded, but most of the victims were civilians.

The attack bears all the hallmarks of ISIS, who on past form have struck large population centres with VBIEDs in an attempt to lessen the pressure against them from Iraqi forces. In this case Mosul. This comes on top of a so called airstrike which killed hundreds in Mosul only for the Iraqi army to refute that claim stating that the area was struck by a large VIED in an attempt to halt attacks from the air against ISIS. Whatever the cause, the fact remains, the blood thirsty killers of ISIS get to have a breather. Enough of a breather it transpires in which to have a little fun by throwing a man off a roof because somebody said he was gay. No doubt the UN/Amnesty and the rest of the HR lot will simply say these religious bigots are misguided.

(Ankara) Last August after a suicide bomb attack on a Kurdish wedding inside Turkey , the Turks went into action against ISIS elements based across the border in Syria and they started their wee military adventure by attacking the Kurds. The same kurds who have (And still are) the most successful people to have taken on ISIS on the Battlefield. Anyway 7 months down the line and the Turks have declared 'Mission accomplish' in regards to Operation Euphrates Shield . The strange thing is taking into account the sheer size of the Turkish military, they actually haven't done much. Here's a map of the situation on the ground and at its furthest penetration the Turks have only managed to advance around 30 miles into Syria. (The distance from Aleppo to Al Bab is around 25 miles)

After spending a couple of months in which to take the city of Al Bab and not exactly advancing much more than that, the Turkish Government have now declared that they have achieved everything that they set out to do and they are calling it a day. With the elections next month in which to grant Erdogan dictator like powers, the last thing the Turkish Government wants is Turkish military losses upsetting the apple-cart.

However whilst stating they have ended their military adventure inside Syria, the Turks haven't mentioned if they will pull out. (Highly unlikely for time been as this will allow the Kurds to link up)

Tuesday, March 28, 2017

(Moscow) On Sunday past, tens of thousands of people answered the call by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and took to the streets in over 80 cities and towns across the land in which to protest at the corruption written into the DNA of Russian politics.

The Russian authorities denied permission for the rallies. Police arrested those who were holding posters or chanting, and also on occasion simply swept random people off the street. 1,030 people were detained in Moscow alone. About 120 remained in custody on Monday morning. The majority of those released were charged with the minor offence of taking part in an unsanctioned demonstration and are likely to be fined.

The protests were held over an investigation into the current Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev's alleged corruption. Navalny’s team released a video alleging Medvedev had amassed a collection of mansions, yachts and vineyards - a fortune that far outstripped his official salary.

(Mogadishu) More than 30 al-Shabab fighters were killed when African
Union and Somali forces attacked two of the armed group's bases in southern
Jubaland, Mohamed Ahmed Hersi, a deputy commander with the Jubaland
administration, said al-Shabab weapons were also destroyed in the
"surprise" attacks that began Saturday and continued Sunday near
Badhadhe.

A separate statement by Kenya's Defence Force said 31
al-Shabab militants were killed during the attacks, and IEDs, 11 AK-47 rifles
and 634 rounds of ammunition were seized.

"The intelligence-led operation was executed by air and
ground assets. Ground troops were supported by attack helicopters and artillery
fire to access the terrorists' base and the two commands and logistics bases 17
kilometers from Siraria near Hola Wajeer,"

However, al-Shabab later denied the Kenyan military's
report. Sheikh Abdiaziz Abu Musab, the terrorist spokesman for al-Shabab said that no attack
was carried out on al-Shabab bases, calling the Kenyan military's claims a
"fabrication".

Monday, March 27, 2017

(ISW) The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) have knocked out an
article which illuminates exactly what Russia is up to in the ME:

Russian President Vladimir Putin is leveraging Russia’s
position in Syria to further diminish U.S. influence in the broader Middle East
and North Africa. Russia will increasingly constrain U.S. freedom of maneuver
in the broader region by expanding its military footprint and its anti-access
and area denial zone. Putin advanced his regional strategy from February 27 to
March 20, 2017 in three ways. First, he promoted economic relationships with
key U.S. allies, including Egypt and Iraqi Kurds. Russia and Egypt reached
tentative agreements to establish a Russian industrial zone in the Suez Gulf
area and to resume Russian flights to tourist destinations in Sinai. Russia
also renegotiated its oil agreement with the Kurdistan Regional Government on
February 28. Second, Putin cultivated ties to local security forces,
particularly those he seeks to draw away from partnership with the U.S., such
as the Syrian Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG).

Russia brokered an
agreement to give the Syrian regime control of villages near Manbij, Syria to
deter a Turkish-backed offensive against Syrian Kurdish forces, and deployed
Russian forces to train the YPG on March 20. Third, Putin took steps to further
develop Russian strategic basing across the region. The deployment of Russian
special forces to a base in western Egypt in early March signals Russia’s
intent to expand its strategic basing along the Mediterranean Sea. Russia’s
overtures to Egypt pose a particular concern as NATO conducts greater outreach
to Egypt.

Also last month, Tower Magazinereported that, since the beginning of the Syrian civil war, Iran has provided Hezbollah with a vast supply of “game-changing,” state-of-the art weapons, despite Israel’s occasional airstrikes against weapons convoys.

In a future conflict, Hezbollah has the capacity to fire 1,500 rockets into Israel each day, overwhelming Israel’s missile defense systems. Should such a scenario materialize, Israel will be forced to respond with unprecedented firepower to defend its own civilians.

Hezbollah’s advanced weapons and the systems needed to launch them reportedly are embedded across a staggering 10,000 locations in the heart of more than 200 civilian towns and villages. The Israeli military has openly warned about this Hezbollah war crime and the grave threats it poses to both sides, but that alarm generated almost no attention from the global media, the United Nations, or other international institutions.

Like the terror group Hamas, Hezbollah knows that civilian deaths at the hands of Israel are a strategic asset, because they produce diplomatic pressure to limit Israel’s military response. Hezbollah reportedly went so far as offering reduced-price housing to Shiite families who allowed the terrorist group to store rocket launchers in their homes.

But if the global media, the UN, human rights organizations, and other international institutions predictably pounce on Israel after it causes civilian casualties, why are they doing nothing to prevent them? Hezbollah’s very presence in southern Lebanon is a flagrant violation of United Nations Security Council resolution 1701, which called for the area to be a zone “free of any armed personnel, assets and weapons” other than the Lebanese military and the U.N. Interim Forces in Lebanon (UNIFIL).

Because they often share the same goals as Hamas and Hezbollah.It's about delegitimizing and destroying the world's only Jewish state, not about Arab lives.

The UN has been atrocious about Israel for decades, but it got a whole lot worse over the 8 years that Obama gave his tacit approval of kicking Israel.

“Israel must stress again and again, before it happens, that these villages [storing Hezbollah weapons] have become military posts, and are therefore legitimate targets,” said Yoram Schweitzer, senior research fellow at Israel’s Institute for National Security Studies (INSS).

But even a concerted campaign to showcase Hezbollah’s war preparation is unlikely to change things, said Eyal Zisser, a senior research fellow at the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies. Hezbollah exploits the fact that “the international community is too busy and…weak to do something about it,” Zisser said. All of “these talks and reports have no meaning. See what is happening in Syria.”

If Hezbollah provokes a war, Israel can legitimately attack civilian areas storing Hezbollah arms if the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) first attempts to warn the targeted civilians to leave those areas, Litvak said. But “it will certainly be very difficult and will look bad on TV.”

While Sunni Arab states are generally united against the Shiite Iranian-Hezbollah axis, Litvak, Zisser, and Schweitzer all agreed that Israel could hope for no more than silent support from them when the missiles fly.

Indeed, the “Sunni Arab street” is likely to be inflamed by the images of civilian death and destruction caused by Israel that international media will inevitably broadcast, further limiting support for Israel from Iran’s Sunni state foes.

Rather perversely, the Lebanese government has embraced the very terrorist organization that could cause hundreds of thousands of Lebanese civilian deaths by converting residential areas into war zones. “As long as Israel occupies land and covets the natural resources of Lebanon, and as long as the Lebanese military lacks the power to stand up to Israel, [Hezbollah’s] arms are essential, in that they complement the actions of the army and do not contradict them,” President Michel Aoun told Egyptian television last month. Hezbollah, he said, “has a complementary role to the Lebanese army.”

Aoun’s declaration means that Lebanon “takes full responsibility for all of Hezbollah’s actions, including against Israel, and for their consequences to Lebanon and its entire population, even though the Lebanese government has little ability to actually control the organization’s decisions or policy,” said INSS Senior Research Fellow Assaf Orion.

MK Naftali Bennett, a veteran of Israel’s 2006 war with Hezbollah, believes that Lebanon’s official acceptance of Hezbollah and its policy of embedding military assets inside residential areas removes any prior constraints on Israeli targeting of civilian areas. “The Lebanese institutions, its infrastructure, airport, power stations, traffic junctions, Lebanese Army bases – they should all be legitimate targets if a war breaks out,” he said. “That’s what we should already be saying to them and the world now.”

In a future war, Hezbollah is certain bombard Israeli civilian communities with missile barrages. Israel, in response, will have to target missile launchers and weapons caches surrounded by Lebanese civilians.

But it need not be so. Global attention on Hezbollah’s abuses by journalists and diplomats could lead to international pressure that ultimately reduces or even prevents civilian deaths.

Those truly concerned about civilians do not have a difficult case to make. Hezbollah has shown a callous disregard for innocent life in Syria.

Hezbollah terrorism has claimed civilian lives for decades, including a 1994 suicide bombing at Argentina’s main Jewish center that killed 85 people. As the IDF notes, “Since 1982, hundreds of innocent civilians have lost their lives and thousands more have been injured thanks to Hezbollah.”

If world powers and the international media genuinely care about avoiding civilian casualties, they should be loudly condemning Hezbollah’s ongoing efforts – in flagrant violation of a UN resolution – to cause massive civilian death and destruction in Lebanon’s next war with Israel.

Saturday, March 25, 2017

(Deir ez-Zor) The Syrian Army is currently embroiled in a
huge bunfight just to the south of the self-proclaimed capital of ISIS of Raqqah. The area centred around the military airport
at Deir ex-Zor has for some very strange reason managed to keep ISIS at bay
during the entire civil war in Syria.

Besieged since 2015, the Syrians have
begun the hard task of breaking the siege. Whilst ISIS did split the area in
town this past January the Syrians have stood firm and have started to take
back lost ground. One advantage that the Syrians have over the terrorists is
airpower and as such air vehicles are prime targets. The video clip below shows
a very lucky Mil 17 helicopter.

Friday, March 24, 2017

(Aden) Whilst the ethical latte crowd bemoan the West for being friends with Saudi Arabia which is supporting the Yemeni government against rebels , they conveniently omit that actually everything in the region kicked off due to the mad mullahs in Iran sticking their oar into the country in which to initiate a regime change to one which was sympathetic to Tehran,

Anyway with the left bemoaning arms sales to SA, they still haven't managed to explain how a ragtag bunch of misfits (Houthi) managed to take control of the country (well the western half anyway) or how they have managed to get hold of advance weaponry (Scud missiles, Anti-ship missiles, remote control speed boats) For years the Yemeni Government has accused the Iranians of shipping in weapons to the rebels, and for years the Mad mullahs have said 'Err not me governor' .

Well the latest shipment which has been intercepted (There's been loads) contained advanced suicide drones. (A UAV which loiters around and when a target is spotted it can be directed to dive down onto it) whilst the media loves to report Saudi Arabian air-strikes in Yemen, they tend not to report with the same vigour that Saudi Arabia has been under Scud missile attack from Yemen for a while, whilst a few do get through , the vast majority have been intercepted by SA Patriot missile system.
In order to bypass the Patriot System, Iran has supplied the rebels with the above suicide drone (most likely they have also supplied the operators as well) and they have started crashing these drones into the radar of the Patriot missile systems in which to ensure that their missiles get through. Which may help explain why SA used a Patriot the other week to take down a drone. Yes something of an overkill, But if you are going to lose a multi million pound radar and then face a ballistic missile attack afterwards what else can you do.

Thursday, March 23, 2017

(Ankara) In something of a publicity coup , the Russians have managed to get the Turkish government to purchase its S400 missile system , mind you the offer of a loan in which to do so will certainly help.

The S400 entered service in April 2007 and was deployed in
combat in August 2007. A typical S-400 battalion consists of at least eight
launchers with 32 missiles and a mobile command post. The system can engage all
types of aerial targets, including aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and
ballistic and cruise missiles within the range of 400 kilometres (249 miles), up
to an altitude of 30 kilometres. The S-400 systems are capable of firing three
types of missiles to create a layered defence, and can be deployed within five
minutes, while simultaneously engaging 36 targets.

As a member of NATO, Turkey's procurement of the Russian
S-400 system has raised concerns regarding the compatibility and integration of
these weapons into the NATO. defence infrastructure. Defence Minister Fikri
Işık clarified last week that Turkey will use the Russian systems without
integration, stating:

''Russia's S-400 missile systems will not be integrated into
the N.A.T.O. system.''

"We underwent
negotiations to purchase N.A.T.O.-produced missile systems, but we could not
get a reasonable offer in terms of price and technology transfer. Thus, our
negotiations with the Russians have intensified,"

Paris Match have knocked out a wee video clip regards the final push to take the city of Mosul from the demonic ISIS crowd. The video does show a couple of dead bodies one at 19 seconds which ends at 24 seconds and the other at 5.20. The clip is narrated in French and is one of the best film clips regards Mosul I have seen. Well worth a butchers.

Wednesday, March 22, 2017

(Ankara) Last month the Turkish Government approved a bill which will allow Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to
run for two further terms in office, potentially allowing him to rule Turkey until
2029. Currently the law only allows the Turkish
President to only serve one five year term. He is being backed by the ruling Justice
and Development party (AKP) and its nationalist allies in parliament. However
the final say goes down to the people who will vote next month on the 16thApril 2017.

Since the constitutional referendum was set in motion, Erdoğan and his lackeys have set about galvanising the masses in which to get them all voting for a dictator for life. Which is why his minions have been sent across the world in which to garner the expat vote. Problems arose in Holland when the government there said no to Turkish political rallies days before the Dutch went to the ballot box last week. As we saw that didn't go down well with the Turks and so they have been publicly painting Europe as a cesspit full of Nazis and that they would set in motion Turkish protection squads to protect the faithful in Non-Islamic Europe.

It appears that identity politics is a winner inside Turkey, which explains why Erdogan said today:

"Turkey is not a country you can pull and push around,
not a country whose citizens you can drag on the ground, If Europe continues
this way, no European in any part of the world can walk safely on the streets.
Europe will be damaged by this. We, as Turkey, call on Europe to respect human
rights and democracy,"

Well it appears that Mrs Merkel isn't listening to what the Turkish pocket dictator has to say by rejecting an unusually high number of requests for arms
exports to Turkey in recent months. The irony here is, the Germans are citing Human rights abuses in Turkey as the reason why

The things that pocket dictators will say and do, in which to ensure they get elected for life. Including it appears slagging off your oldest ally

(London) A car has been used as a weapon outside Parliament in central London on Westminster Bridge where a vehicle was driven into the cycle lane injuring at least 40 people before the vehicle was driven into the wall outside Parliament and whereupon a policeman was stabbed before the attacker was shot and fatally wounded by police.

“The tank can compete with the most advanced tanks in the
world It is “equipped with
electro-optical fire control system, laser rangefinder, ballistic computer and
enjoys the capability to fire at stable and mobile targets in day and night.”

The Iranian defence minister announced the Karrar MBT in
February, stating that the Iranian Army would procure the domestically-built
Karrar in lieu of importing the Russian T-90.

Domestically-built aka home grown? Here is how one such Defence expert feels about that home grown tag:

The launching of missiles against Israeli aircraft carrying
out strike operations against arms deliveries (which are intended to be used against
Israel) to Hezb-allah saw Israeli Defence
Minister Avigdor Liberman issue a warning to Syria that the next time, they are
used, the IDF will destroy said missile sites.

A possible continuation of the above bunfight saw the IDF
take out Yasser Hussein al-Sayyid (A known Hezb-allah affiliate) in a targeted airstrike
as he drove from Damascus towards the Golan heights.

Yasser Hussein al-Sayyid

And all that was left of his car

The recent ramping up of tensions around the Golan heights area by the likes of Iran, Hezb-allah, and Syria with an aim to take the region by force from Israel has seen Jerusalem ensure the message is sent that they will stamp down hard on those who claim to belong to the so called religion of peace.

(Mogadishu) Eight Al-Shabaab terrorists were killed during a gun battle
with Somali troops on Saturday night near Bay region in south west Somalia.

Local officials revealed that a couple of
soldiers from Somalia’s National Army
were also killed during the overnight gun battle with the Al-Qaida-linked terrorists. Hassan Hussein Mohamed, minister in charge of rehabilitating
militias in South West State, confirmed the death of the Eight Al-Shabaab
Terrorists.

“They were killed during an operation that lasted several
hours near Qansah-dhere town, while six officers from the Somalia National Army
were also injured.”

Abdulle Ibrahim, a senior military officer in Qasahdhere
told the local media that the fighting began after Somali government forces
launched a security operation in the Qasahdhere area,

“Our forces conducted security operation in the area where
al-shabaab militants was, at least 8
people both from al-shabaab and two
Somali army members has been killed during the fighting , the wounded people were rushed to Baidoa
city hospitals for treatment”

Wednesday, March 15, 2017

(Gambela) Over 1000 Gunmen from South Sudan crossed over into Ethiopia this past
weekend killed 28 people and kidnapped
43 children. The raids on Sunday and Monday occurred in Gambella's Gog
and Jor areas, which border South Sudan's Boma region,

Chol Chany, a regional government spokesman on Wednesday
stated:

"Murle bandits carried out the attack. They fled along
with 43 children, the (Ethiopian military) is pursuing them. The assailants
haven't crossed over to South Sudan yet."

This week's raids took place almost a year after similar
raids in the province's Jikawo and Lare areas, which border South Sudan's Upper
Nile State. Then, over 200 people died and around 160 children were kidnapped. About
100 children have managed to return to Ethiopia, but the rest remain in the
kidnappers' hands.

A female Arab driver attempted to hit a group of civilians and soldiers who were standing
at a bus stop in the Gush Etzion Junction. Thankfully the raised curb and yellow bollards prevented her from succeeding Whilst none of the intended victims were injured a
28 year old woman in advanced stages of pregnancy suffered a panic attack. The same couldn't be said for the driver of the vehicle who was shot and was then treated for her injuries by a medical team belonging to the very same people she tried to murder.

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

(Tripoli) As is the case anywhere in the Islamic world where the dictator for life has been disposed (usually with the help of the West, in the vain hope that common sense, equality for all and peace will prevail) Total anarchy has set in This is perfectly exemplified in the country of Libya, where after Gaddafi was disposed in 2011, the country has become something of a free for all for any group which has replaced his little green book with the Koran and AK-47s. Currently there are 6 major groups uttering ‘Allah ackba’ in the Libyan version of ‘Game of Thrones.

As you can see from the image above, it's something of a free for all in Libya at the moment. The so called official government is the UN backed 'Government of National Accord (in green). However, the so called head of the Libyan armed forces Khalifa Haftar has since 2016 refused to acknowledge the UN backed government and has gone his own way taking the vast bulk of the armed forces with him. He is has been backed by the United Arab Emirates and Egypt and it has been reported that British, French, and U.S. air forces have assisted Haftar's forces in his fight against the numerous religious trigger happy groups who subscribe to the mores of ISIS, MCB and Al Q. This past week his forces have recaptured the oil ports of Es Sider and Ras Lanuf which he lost to the Benghazi Defence Brigades early on this month.

Well, it appears that Moscow, has now decided to get into bed with the strongman of Libya in which to continue to rebuild its former client base which it allowed to dissipate during the 90s in which to allow it to replace the US as the premier superpower in the Middle East region . News has now come in that Russia appears to have deployed Special Forces to an airbase in western Egypt near the border with Libya, as part of an attempt to support the Libyan Warlord, Khalifa Haftar.

With the damage done to the US presence in the region by Obama, which isn't helped by the lefts character assassination of President Trump as an Muslim hater, Moscow has jumped at the chance to rebuild bridges and capitalise on the damage done to the US. If Russia can swiftly resolve the situation inside Libya, its prestige can only rise and with that more Arabic nations will flock to Moscow.

Monday, March 13, 2017

(Riyadh) When Shia Iran played its cards and actively supported the Shia Yemeni rebels which resulted in them talking half of Yemen. The Sunni Saudi government next door reacted by sending in the troops, it has been supported by numerous Gulf states. However, even with an abundance of manpower, technology, and fire-power .The rebels have been giving the Saudi coalition a hard time.

Well, it appears that Saudi Arabia has won the support of another Sunni country, with Pakistan pledging to send in a brigade of combat troops in which to shore up Saudi Arabia’s vulnerable southern border from reprisal attacks mounted by the Houthis in Yemen, the brigade will be based in the south of the Kingdom, but will only be deployed inside its border.

Whilst the Houthi rebels have made small incursions into SA and launched numerous missile attacks on populated Saudi cities, a large scale attack is beyond them. So using the Pakistani army to secure the border is something of an overkill. However, the Pak army would be the most professional army in the Saudi coalition if not the peninsula and well versed in taking the fight to rebels, they would make huge inroads into the areas occupied by the Rebels. Only time will tell.

(Damascus) News (unconfirmed) is coming in that President Assad has been forced by Moscow to allow Iran to build a Naval base in the city of Latakia.

It is widely reported that the Syrian Government (and troops) or even the Russians have much time for Iranian forces inside their country (or even their lackeys Hezbollah). However, with Moscow looking to the wider picture, it appears they have forced Damascus to allow Iran to build a naval base inside the country in which to allow Iran to take some pressure off of the Kremlin. At a stroke, Tehran can reinforce Hezbollah safe under the umbrella of the Russians next door, they can threaten Israel (and her oil platforms) and they now have a platform in which to carry out mischief across the Med.

Sunday, March 12, 2017

This wee video clip shows exactly what the Iraqi Army has to face with the religious bigots who form ISIS. And to think there are politicians in the UK who demand we sit down and talk to terror merchants.

Saturday, March 11, 2017

(Essen) Early Saturday morning over a hundred armed police and vans
surrounded and sealed off the Limbecker Platz shopping centre in Essen after German
security services received a very credible threat warning of an imminent terrorist
attack.

The threat has been reported as
a potential multiple suicide bombing upon the popular Shopping centre which
attracts around 60,000 every Saturday. As
well as the Shopping centre nearby parking garages and an underground rail
station were all placed in lockdown.

A press release to the media stated:

“Yesterday, we received very serious indications from
security sources that a possible attack was planned here for today and would be
carried out. That is why we were forced to take these measures."